Carrier for intrenching-tools.



P. R. BATGHBLDER. GARRIBR POR INTRENCHING TOOLS APPLIUATION FILED MARA, 1911.

Patented June 18, 1912.

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WTNESSES COLUMBIA PLANUGRAPH co., .vAsHlNG'roN. D c.

APPLICATION FILED MARA, 1911.

Patented June 18, 1912.

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coLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

FRANK R. BATCHELDER, 0F WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARRIER FOR IN TRENCHING-TOOLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June is, 1912.

Application led March 4, 1911. Serial No. 612,320.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK R. BATCH- ELDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vorcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Carriers for Intrenching-Tools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in carriers for intrenching tools, and particularly to a carrier for the spade ordinarily used for this purpose, and the object is to provide such a carrier of woven fabric having protective means for preventing the cutting or abrasion thereof by the edges of the spade, the carrier being of improved form and arranged to suspended the spade from the belt, Suspenders, knapsack, or other part of the equipment in such manner that the spade may be readily inserted or withdrawn for use.

Vith the above object in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter fully described in the specication, particularly pointed out in the claims, and clearly illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a face view showing one form of my invention, in which the spade is inserted in and withdrawn'from the carrier from the bottom of the latter, the view being partly in section to show the protective and supporting means: Fig. 2, a vertical sectional view through the same: Fig. 3, a face view of another form of the carrier in which the spade is inserted and withdrawn from the top of the carrier, the view being partly in section to show the protective means, and Fig. 4, a vertical sectional view through the same.

Carriers for intrenching tools are usually formed of pieces of leather or canvas stitched together, bound and fitted with straps to close them upon the blade of the spade and for attachment to the belt or other part of the equipment. A carrier thus formed of leather, is durable against abrasion, but is heavy, and in tropical climates is unsatisfactory. The canvas carrier formed by stitching pieces of cloth together` is not durable.

My invention is designed to overcome these objectionable features and consists in the structure described particularly in the following specification.

In the form shown in Figs. l and 2 which *I will first describe, the spade is inserted in and withdrawn from the carrier from the bottom thereof. In carrying into effect this form of my invention I weave the body or sheath 1 in the formof a tube of the proper size to receive the spade 2. Upon the inner face and integral therewith, I weave an additional warp or warps 3 for a portion of the carriers extent, shown in the drawingsas extending from the bottom of the carrier to a point substantially midway of its length, said extra ply or plies being woven with tubular receptacles'4 extending from top to bottom thereof and disposed at and also adjacent to the side edges of the body or sheath. The fabric thus woven is turned inside out and that portion of the threads of the additional warp or warps not incorporated in the remaining portion of the sheath or body are cut off. Protecting means such as fiat wires 5 are inserted in the elongated tubes 4. These wires are preferably of rust-proof steel, but may be of any other metal, or of wood, or other substance which Amay be suitable for the purpose. The bottom part of the sheath or body is then turned back upon the main body and stitched so as to present a smooth bottom. The protective wires 5 are secured in place by means of a line of stitching or in any other preferred manner. The carrier is then turned right side out, and the upper portion cut away so as to secure an outline conforming4 to the outline of the blade of the spade, the edges being folded in and securely stitched in place. It should be observed that against the portion of stitching there is no strain or weight or thrust, the stitching being utilized solely for the purpose of giving neatness to the shape. At the point where the thrust 'is received, namely, at the lower part of the carrier, on either side, it is'met by the protective means described.

A strap 6 is attached to the bottom of the body or sheath to be passed about the handle to prevent the spadedropping out and at the top a suitable hanger 7 is provided to permit of the attachment of the carrier to the belt.

In the form of my carrier shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the woven fabric is identical with that in the first, but instead of so arranging this carrier that the spade may be withdrawn from the bottom, itis so constructed that the spade is dropped down thereinto from the top, and thus, even though no fastening means are provided, it can not be accidentally lost, as may be the case if the strap mentioned in connection with the rst form of carrier should become loosened. In this form of carrier, as in the first, preferably a flat wire is used as a protective means, but I further utilize this flat wire, which is, of course, quite flexible, to enable me to form a secure support for the bottom of the blade of the spade. So it should be observed that the tubular receptacles 8 extending from top to bottom, are so arranged that one is at the extreme edge of the fabric and additional tubes succeed one another from this tube at the extreme edge on both sides of the fabric, so that, except for the one at the extreme edge, they are in pairs opposite one another. A straight wire 9 is inserted in the tube at the vextreme edge. Two or three wires 10 are then inserted in the succeeding tubes at one side, and pushed up as high as is necessary to protect the carrier from the edge of the blade. I then bend these wires 10 at the bottom of the carrier in the form of a U and thrust the other leg of the U up into the tubes on the other side of the fabric. Each single straight wire 10 thus forms the back and the legs of the U and the connecting portions of the U-Wires constitute a support at the bottom of the carrier at each side edge thereof on which the spade rests. This support also acts as a stop and positively prevents the spade from dropping from the carrier.

As the spade is dropped into the carrier from the top, the carrier must, of course, be as wide at the top as at the bottom; hence, instead of shaping the tube to conform to the shape of t-he spade, the top as Vwell as the bottom is finished at the full Width of the tube by Iturning over and stitching. On either side a snap fastener 12 or a strap may be provided to partially close the opening and prevent the spade from pushing forward and out of the carrier, and there is attached, as in the other` form of carrier, a suitable hanger 13 by which the carrier -is1 ksuspended from the belt.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as neuT and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. A carrier for intrenching tools comprising a woven fabric body or sheath to receive the tool having receptacles upon its interior, and protective material arranged in said receptacles to prevent abrasion of the wallsof the sheath by the tool.

2. A carrier for intrenching tools comprising a woven fabric sheath orpbody to receive the tool having woven receptacles upon its inner surface, and protective means arranged in said receptacles to prevent abrasion of the walls of the sheath by the tool.

3. A carrier for intrenching tools comprisinga woven fabric sheath or body to receive the tool, a series of tubes woven upon the interior of the sheath, and strips of protective material inserted in said tubes to protect the walls of the sheath from abrasion by the tool. y

4t. A carrier for intrenching tools comprising a fabric sheath woven in substantially tubular form to receive the tool and having upon its interior an added ply or plies woven integral with receptacles at the side edges of the sheath, and strips of protective material arranged in said receptacles for preventing abrasion of the walls of the sheath by the tool.

5. A carrier for intrenching tools comprising a Woven fabric sheath or body open at both ends and adapted to receive the tool, and a fixed support arranged at the bottom end to be engaged by the tool.

6. A carrier for intrenching tools comprising a woven fabric sheath or body open at both ends and adapted to receive the tool, a fixed support at the bottom end to be engaged by the tool, and protective means arranged upon the interior of the sheath to prevent abrasion of the walls thereof by the tool.

7 A carrier for intrenching tools comprising a sheath or body open at bot-h ends and adapted to receive the tool, and protective means disposed on the interior thereof to protect the walls of the sheath from abrasion by the tool, a part of said protective means being extended at the lower end of 1the sheath to form a support for the too 8. A carrier for intrenching tools comprising a sheath or body open at both ends and adapted to receive the tool, and protective means at the side edges of the sheath to protect the walls of the latter from abrasion by the tool, said protect-ive means being extended between the side walls of the sheath at its bottom to form a support for the tool.

9. A carrier for intrenching tools comprising a sheath or body of woven fab-ric having open ends and adapted to receive the tool, said sheath having upon its interior at its side-edges vertically-extending receptacles, and protective material of substantially U-shape having the legs inserted in the receptacles and the connecting portion thereof disposed between the opposing walls of the sheath at the bottom thereof, for the purpose setforth.

10. A carrier for intrenching tools comprising a woven'fabric sheath or body of substantially tubular form Lopen at both ends and adapted to receive the tool, tubular receptacles woven on the interior of the sheath at its side edges and disposed vertin cally, and strips of protective material of substantially U-shape having the legs thereof inserted in Opposing tubular receptacles of the front and rear walls of the sheath with the connecting portions of the strips disposed between the two walls at the bottom end of the sheath, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK R. BATCHELDER.

Witnesses:

VICTOR H. JENNINGs, RosA F. WooDoooK.

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